Pakistan

Locally produced supplementary food ‘Acha Mum” provides energy and micronutrients to children aged 6 to 59 months suffering from acute malnutrition. Copyright: WFP/Amjad Jamal

Pakistan: Malnutrition Levels Increase As A Result of Disasters

WFP is taking practical steps to stabilise and improve the nutritional and food security levels of the most affected and vulnerable population in the country. Locally produced products called ‘Wawa Mum’ and ‘Acha Mum’ are being used in the community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme, in key districts across the country. WFP has currently helped treat nearly half a million malnourished children under this programme, which has seen high recovery rates.

Overview

Pakistan continues to be subject to considerable socio-political, economic and environmental volatility, and in 2010 experienced its worst natural disaster in living memory. What started as monsoon-related flash flooding in the country’s north later developed into a crisis of national and unprecedented proportions. As rivers extraordinarily swelled to more than ten or twenty times their typical size, almost one-fifth of the country’s total landmass was submerged. Infrastructure, power and telecommunications systems were severely damaged or destroyed entirely. The government has estimated that more than 20 million people across the country were affected by the crisis; of which more than 10 million were found to be in need of immediate assistance.

 

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Country at a glance 2012
Planned Beneficiaries8,700,900
Beneficiary needs (mt)445,920
Beneficiary needs ($US)455,005,961
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